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• Media uncritically repeat McCain claim that Obama "will raise" taxes
  Friday, September 5, 2008
• AP doesn't challenge Huckabee's claim that Palin "got more votes" than Biden, despite having previously called it a "whopper"
  Thursday, September 4, 2008
• Without refuting it, AP, Bloomberg report Palin accusation that Obama "wants to raise" taxes
  Thursday, September 4, 2008
• Print media report that Lieberman attacked Obama at RNC without noting he had pledged not to
  Wednesday, September 3, 2008
• AP noted criticism of Nagin and Brown for failed Katrina response, but not Chertoff
  Monday, September 1, 2008
• AP falsely suggests Palin supports benefits for same-sex partners of state employees
  Friday, August 29, 2008
• AP misrepresents McCain's positions on same-sex marriage, civil unions, abortion
  Thursday, August 28, 2008
• AP's Fournier counts the "I's" in Clinton's speech, but her focus was often outward
  Wednesday, August 27, 2008
• AP "FactCheck" distorted Dems' claim that McCain voted with Bush "90 percent of the time"
  Wednesday, August 27, 2008
• Media outlets reported allegations Biden plagiarized Kinnock, but not that he had previously credited him
  Saturday, August 23, 2008
• Media don't challenge false claim that Obama vacationed on a "private beach in Hawaii"
  Friday, August 22, 2008
• AP, Wash. Post fail to report ties between Swift Boat Vets, ad attacking Obama
  Friday, August 22, 2008
• Print reports ignore tension between McCain's assertion that human rights begin at conception and support for stem cell research
  Wednesday, August 20, 2008
• AP uncritically reported McCain's assertion that Obama "tried to prevent funding for the troops who carried out the surge"
  Tuesday, August 19, 2008
• Media outlets provide modified, baseless version of oft-repeated falsehood about Casey's denial of speaking slot at the 1992 DNC
  Wednesday, August 13, 2008
• NBC, CNN repeat McCain's criticism of Obama for 2005 energy bill vote, but neither report included Obama response
  Wednesday, August 6, 2008
• AP ignored McCain's shifting time frame for balancing budget, economists' reported skepticism of his plan to do so
  Wednesday, July 30, 2008
• Media outlets reported McCain's criticism of Obama's "political speech" in Germany, didn't note McCain's own recent speech in Canada
  Friday, July 25, 2008
• The AP has a Ron Fournier problem
  Tuesday, July 22, 2008
• Print outlets report McCain's criticism of Obama for lacking military experience, but not previous statements that it's not necessary to be commander in chief
  Tuesday, July 22, 2008

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